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30 2012
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Raleigh mayor settles in
As Raleigh’s new mayor settles in, students turn a blind eye to politics.
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Students in MEA 135, Climate and Weather lab, take notes as instructor, Priya Pillai explains why the atomspheric mass decreases for every 5.6km ascended in the atmosphere.
Despite plans to leave office, Perdue works for education Though she will not be seeking reelection, Governor Perdue continues her fight for education. Jessie Halpern
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however, I especially don’t keep up with Raleigh politics, since I’m still registered to vote in my hometown,” said Bethany Starnes, who graduated this fall with a degree in chemistry. For those students who have been Jessie Halpern active in Raleigh politics, however, Deputy News Editor McFarlane has some big commitments When Mayor McFarlane was sworn to carry out. Her promise to work on in late December, she promised to Raleigh’s Unified Development Ordiwork on making Raleigh the num- nance is at the top of that list. According to the ber one place to live mayor’s office, “The and work in the naCity is preparing a tion. As she works to UDO that addresses fulfill that promise, contemporary desome students say velopment and zonthey haven’t paid ating practices, and is tention. easily understood A lt houg h N.C . by administrators, State draws a large the public and the number of students development comfrom Raleigh high Emerson Barker, senior in munity.” schools, the Univerpolitical science This Unified Desity’s diversity is one velopment Ord iof its charms. While students have made our campus a nance works in conjunction with The home, some have yet to do the same City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan and was finalized on Jan. 10, where it now for Raleigh. “I don’t keep up with politics much; waits for approval by the city council.
“We can get pretty lost in the shuffle. It was really great that McFarlane didn’t ignore us.”
This plan seeks to address the specific issues laid out in the Comprehensive Plan, which is a long-term checklist for Raleigh’s growth and development. “The Plan contains six strategic visions themes, which are referenced in every element, or chapter, of the document. The Plan is also divided Nancy McFarlane into four major sec- Raleigh Mayor tions: the Introduction and Framework, The Plan Elements, the Area Plans and Implementation,” according to the mayor’s office. While these ordinances have the potential to largely impact the City of Raleigh, students have recently been more concerned with University politics to notice. One student, however, says he paid attention. Emerson Barker, senior in political science, says he remembers when McFarlane spoke on campus as part of her
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Proposed Sales Tax: 3/4 of a cent Projected value: $850 million/yr. compiled by jessie halpern
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Governor Perdue lobbied for education in Charlotte Thursday of last week. Her proposal to help reverse recent budget cuts to education would increase the North Carolina sales tax by three-fourths of a cent, an increase that has a projected value of $850 million per year, all going toward education. Carol Pope, professor of curriculum, instruction, and counselor education, says she is a firm supporter of this proposal. “As an educator, I’m in favor of the plan. The sales tax increase is for our future, children, our educational system, teachers, and us. It’s a small price to pay,” Pope said. Pope spent many years as a Wake County educator before joining N.C. State’s faculty. She’s concerned with the reductions in education funding affecting students; Pope believes that not only middle grade students, but University students who are preparing to become teachers in the next few months could be affected. “I think about all the N.C. State graduates who will be looking for teachers positions and then I also think about how the student-teacher-ratio has increased recently. The increase would be small for the individual, but huge for the children,” Pope said. Pope added that Perdue’s proposal is coming at a perfect time. She explained saying when the stimulus package ended, North Carolina did
not step up to fill the gap. Zachary Honeycutt, a senior in middle grades education and one of Pope’s students, says that he’s noticed a strain on schools. “I wish the government would stop making cuts, it’s a huge strain on teachers to have 120 students between two of them. It’s not fair for the kids either,” Honeycutt said. As a student teacher, Honeycutt is currently a supporter of Perdue’s plan, but he is also skeptical. “I definitely support it, but I also know plans have been made before and somehow education never sees that money. I feel like education is always the first thing to go, so I’m glad that Perdue is supporting us now,” Honeycutt said. Pope and Honeycutt have been very pleased with Perdue’s fight for education as governor; However, Kelly Norton, former N.C. State student and current teacher, says she believes Perdue can help education more without her position. “Perdue has definitely helped education, she’s committed to doing so, and that’s why she’s stepping down,” Norton said. Perdue told the Associated Press she feels her role as governor will politicize the fight for education in a way that would make it even harder to win. She plans to con-
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Gov. Bev Perdue’s withdrawal from re-election campaign opens race for governorship Governor Bev Perdue announced Thursday she will not run for re-election. See page 6.
‘Hoos hold Pack in final seconds Virginia defeats Wolfpack, 61-60. See page 8.
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Number 9, a friendly robot, greets the staff of Fountain Dining Hall Thursday night. He visited the dining hall to promote the movie Real Steel, playing at Campus Cinema. "I have trouble going through doors and up stairs," Number 9 said.
Campus Enterprises generate money for students Campus retail outlets returned $1.2 million for student scholarships.
which return university some revenue,” Adams Said. Adams said they have always tried to support students. “One of the things we have always done is to pledge to put dollars aside to Jatin Bhatia scholarships assistance for students in Staff Writer different ways in the past,” Adams said Adams said now they have brought Campus Enterprises manages N.C. State’s retail and hospitality opera- it all under one roof to help students tions; they returned almost $1.2 mil- needing financial aid. “We have consolidated efforts of all lion to the University to be disbursed to students in the form of merit and those divisions together. For example, Campus Enterprise’s administration need-based scholarships. The aid is a part of their annual re- puts down some dollars, trademark turn to the University. In addition to and licensing puts down some dollars revenue this year it helped students in and that is how it is all put together,” need of financial aid, especially in the Adams said. “Trademarks and times of wavering licensing turns over economy. This year somewhere around Campus Enterprises 400 thousand to returned $198,000 500 thousand a year, more than the predining turns in some vious year. 130 thousand dolDr. Dan Adams, lars, bookstores give associate vice chanin 270 thousand dolcellor of Campus lars,” Adams said, Enterprises, said the Kevin Ehrhardt, freshman in “All of those groups organization has a computer science participate in putnumber of sources ting some dollars in that can bring revwhat they collect in fees and services enue to the University. “Campus Enterprises is a division and those types of things and they here at N.C. State which comprises turn around and pledge it back to dining stores, book stores, trademark scholarships.” Adams said Campus Enterprises allicensing, golf course and a number of administrative units around campus ways makes an effort to give back to
“They should return money, given how much money we pay.”
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Campus enterprise revenue: Trademarks/licensing: $400,000 Dining: $130,000 Bookstores: $270,000 Source: Campus Enterprises
the University to help students. “We did the same thing last year, last year it was about a million dollars so it’s just a concerted effort on our part to figure out ways for the services we provide for students to take some of the dollars and give them to university to support students in terms of scholarships and programs,” Adams said. Adams said the money received by Campus Enterprises trickles down into several different programs. “Some of it goes into student athletic program, some of it goes into general scholarships, some of it goes into merit scholarships. There are study abroad scholarships, so there are a number of areas that money is directed to,” Adams said. Adams said the official amount that they returned this year is $1,198,477. He also said they are just following the mission of Campus Enterprises, which is to help students.
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